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Purussaurus and Giganotosaurus, maximum vs maximum (UFAC 1403 vs MUCPv-95).
Purussaurus is scaled to 10.3 meters TL and is about 6.2 tonnes, while Giganotosaurus is scaled to 13.12 meters TL and is about 9.09 tonnes. Skeletals by Randomdinos and GetAwayTrike.
Spinosaurus vs Carcharodontosaurus, max vs max (NMC 41852 vs SGM-DIN 1).
Spinosaurus is 17.12 meters TL and is probably 12-14 tonnes, while Carcharodontosaurus is 12.95 meters standing length and is probably >9 tonnes. Both skeletals by SpinoInWonderland.
Brachiosaurus (USNM 21903, 27.1 meters TL, 63.5 tonnes) vs Antarctosaurus giganteus (MLP 26-316, 28.6 meters TL, 82.8 tonnes, based on Futalognkosaurus). Both skeletals are by Scott Hartman.
Take note of how much bigger and deeper the brachiosaur's torso looks in lateral view; the titanosaur's ribcage is so much wider in dorsal view that its torso actually looks smaller in lateral.
Largest specimens of Tyrannosaurus and Brachiosaurus (FMNH PR 2081 vs USNM 21903).
Tyrannosaurus is scaled to 12.3 meters TL and is 8.4 tonnes, while Brachiosaurus is scaled to 27.1 meters TL and is 63.7 tonnes. Both lateral views and the Tyrannosaurus dorsal view are by Scott Hartman, while the Brachiosaurus dorsal view is by Paleo King.
Here's a 'triple' size comparison of Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus - minimum, average, and maximum size, in that order.
On top is USNM 6183 (99 cm femur, based on LACM 23845, probably >3.5 tonnes) vs MUCPv-Ch1 (12.32 meters TL, 7.53 tonnes).
In the middle is the mean size of all Tyrannosaurus specimens (120 cm femur, based on MOR 555, 6 tonnes) vs the mean of both Giganotosaurus specimen (12.83 meters TL, 8.51 tonnes).
On the bottom is Sue (12.3 meters TL, 8.4 tonnes) vs MUCPv-95 (13.3 meters TL, 9.48 tonnes).
Skeletals are by Franoys (USNM), Randomdinos (MOR base), Hartman (Sue), and GetAwayTrike (Giganotosaurus).
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Take note that even with the much less sample size (14x less), Giganotosaurus is obviously the much larger of the 2, outweighing the largest Tyrannosaurus specimens by well over a tonne at maximum, 2.5 tonnes on average, and over 4 tonnes at lower sizes.
05-25-2020, 10:10 PM( This post was last modified: 06-06-2020, 03:36 AM by Shadow )
Here one video to show how little difference there can be in size of tiger and lion.
This is short brawl between male lion and tiger, nothing too serious. Looks like that male lion felt (once again ) some need to show, that ladies are his there....I shared another video first here because it showed it quite good how marginal differences are between these two species. When stopping that video at 0:32 and at some other points, while both are on hind legs, neither one isn´t really "towering" over another. In other ways these two look like very equal match too. Naturally both species have some very big individuals, but a few inches here or there or a few kg´s here or there... do they mean so much really, when two approximately 200 kg animals have confrontation. In this video both animals look like to be in good shape, which is nice to see.
Since that first video has been removed from youtube, here are now two videos from same incident.
Addition: Actually when looking closer that lion has something wrong with his hindlegs, pity, but otherwise it looks like to be in quite good condition. I guess, that these are same lion and tiger, which can be seen in some other videos.
Btw, look at in the beginning of the first video clip how the lions claw gets stuck on the tigers chest... ouch! At some moments, when they are on hind legs it can be seen how some fur gets loose and flying in the air, so these boys seemed both to give and receive some minor scratches, luckily nothing too serious in this little confrontation.
I attach screenshot, lion is maybe a bit downhill when compared to the tiger, but on the other hand both are on the move all the time and positions change all the time, still overall they look very even pair.
This isn´t about sizecomparisons so much, but one less serious posting concerning my previous posting. When I watched this video, I found that lion in some way funny. I mean he looks like born grumpy, he would have been a good add to those Grumpy Old Men movies. I attach two screenshots to point out, what I mean :)
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Steppe mammoth vs Alamosaurus (Zhalainouer III vs BIBE 45854).
Steppe mammoth is scaled to 389 cm shoulder height and is about 10.4 tonnes, while Alamosaurus is scaled to 26.53 meters TL and is about 56 tonnes. Credit goes to Asier Larramendi for the mammoth lateral and dorsal view, Scott Hartman for the Alamosaurus lateral view, and Palaeozoologist for the Alamosaurus dorsal view.
) some need to show, that ladies are his there....I shared another video first here because it showed it quite good how marginal differences are between these two species. When stopping that video at 0:32 and at some other points, while both are on hind legs, neither one isn´t really "towering" over another. In other ways these two look like very equal match too. Naturally both species have some very big individuals, but a few inches here or there or a few kg´s here or there... do they mean so much really, when two approximately 200 kg animals have confrontation. In this video both animals look like to be in good shape, which is nice to see.
